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by request. AN ADDRESS, Delivered before the Studeuts and Patrons of the 'Decatur County Seminary, Greensburgh, la., on the 4th of July, 1835, by the Rev. William M. Dailt. Young Friends and Fellow Citizens. An honor has been conferred upon me, in that, that I have been chosen to deliver you an address on this interesting occasion. . I hail it as an auspicious day, in the history of our republic, when the birth-day of our National Independence is celebrated, as you are wont to celebrate this; that is, to connect the celebration with a literary institution, so that while we join with hundreds, in expressing our grateful emotions for national freedom, we may at the same time,

exhibit a disposition to perpetuate the prosperity and happiness of our nation, by giving an impetus to the onward march of general learning, or liberal education among us. The commemoration of past everts has an early date in the world's history. Isreal had appointed reasons for rejoicing, when the remembrance of other days crowded upon their minds. Greece and Home abounded with memorials of signal deliverances and splendid voctories. The eras when their existence commenced; and the achievements of their bold warriors and stern patriots were, at stated Eeasons, brought freshly to their remembrance by the Monuments of antiquity, and the festivals of their religion. England has her days of song and chivalry, of humiliation and prayer, commemorative of wonderful events in her histor. But what nation on the globe has greater reason to rejoice than the one. the anniversary of 1 whose Independence we this day commemorate? The deliverance of this country from foreign aggression, and a long continued train of evils, is the theme of our rejoicing. The recollection of this proud event brings up around each heart a host ot most interesting associations. We are at ence thrown upon the day that tried men's souls. The etory of that day's suffering and wrong, peril and death, defeat and victory, written as it is in the blood and tears, the privations and sorrows of the patri otic men who dared to do or die, is unfolded to their . children's children; and we have come hither to gather strength and courage over the glorious record. The orator for God, the statesman and the Echolar, have made it the subject of their theme, and the burthen of their song. And each revolving year, it has been received with acclamations of pleasure IJut have we not, too often, while doing homage to the patriots of the Revolution, forgotten the Almighty hand that preserved this country in the terrible conflict, and conducted us in safety through the storm of war, and the desolations, of an overbearing foe! The song of praise has not always been of God. The voice of rejoicing seldom rose higher than the rugged passes that frown defiance to the world. Yc are here to-day not to be forgotten of what God, by our fathers, achieved for this land of promise, but while we would give the events to which this day more immediately belongs, their legitimate place in each heart, we would be 'reminded of the interest Heaven has always taken in our affairs and indulge in reflections intimately connected with the sublime occasion. The pilgrim fathers were conducted to these shores by an Almighty hand. They might have passed to other lands, far from the aggressors and been safe. There were countries near home, that would have gladly welcomed them to their shelters. But a mysterious influence rented upon their minds; and although it was a hazardous enterprise, teeming with danger, they rallied their broken spirits, braved the winds of heaven, and the storms of the angry deep, and, in hope against hope, in the very depth of winter, they sprang upon the ragged rock of Ply mouth, bearing with them the deeds of a holy religion, and a vast empire. They were inflexible brave and true. Independence of mind, a fearless epirit, which an unparalleled strength of purpose were characteristics by which they were distinguished. Truly the hand of Providence made this selection of our fathers, as the proper materials to lay the deep and broad foundation of a nation destined to he unexampled and glorious. They were pious the followers of the meek and lowly Jesus. Had they been the deciples of Mahomet, or the worshipers of idol gods, we, their children, would not have stood where we do to-day, nor their country present, even after laps of centuries, such a sublime spectacle to an admiring world. Examine the nature of the constitution and laws they framed and adopted, and it will give evidence of an overruling Providence. And when the seeds of war sprung up in the breasts of the revolutionary heroes, the Councils of Great Britain were strangely perplexed. The voice of wisdom forsook the senate and council chamber, and the spirit of her king, her nobles, the people crowded to a base and palpably ignorant policy. With a haughty indifference to a cry of oppression, and a vain reliance upon the puissant arm of her soldiery, she flung down the guantlet, crossed by the Rubicon, and recklessly plunged into an inglorious war, which she imagined would result in the chastisement of those she insultingly termed boys, rebels to her crown and dignity. She had not counted the cost when eIic dared her Colonics to the combat; and sore and bitter was her repentance. At this period, big with the destinies of millions, when all that is dear and valuable to mm was at stake, and the hopes of America were on the point of being blasted forever, the ImmoktaIj Washington appeared on the arena of battle. A mysterious and all wise Providence seemed to designate him as the Angel that was to lead the American armies to victory and conquest. He soon redeemed the pledge his opening compaign cave to a deeply anxious and troubled people. His course was brilliant ana successrui. lie mei veterans of many hard fought field, wearing the the laurels of victory, while they were beaten and slain; the country rescued from the invader's sword, and its rights and privileges confirmed, and acknowledged by tho voice of nations and wisdom of our fathers. The prosperity which has always crowned this country7 more especially since her Independence was established is further proof that God is with us. She has increased in territory and in population, in riches, in enterprise, and renown. Her religious, literary and political institutions, will bear a proud comparison even with those of Great Britain, rrnncc and Germany. What we have now said, will bo calculated to show the propriety of a suitable celebration of this day; viewing our present exalted state as a nation, as being that to which the hand of the Almighty has led us, through the instrumentality of our fa thers; and although we highly venerate a ashinTton's arm, a Jefferson's hand, and a Franklin's mind, yet we should always look beyond all these to the grand efficient source of all their achievements, viz: to the hand of an overruling Providence. With this sentiment fixed in your minds, we proceed to consider an enquiry some are ready to make: Why connect the celebration of this day with an institution of learning! We answer it is this that adds greatly to the formation of our national character; and nothing is better calculated to perpetuate and advanco our nation's glory than the promotion cf liberal education among our youth.

The principles upon which our republic is founded, the rearing of the edifice, and the framing of our constitution and laws, arc not the works or productions of uneducated minds. The Bible was planted on these North American shores when our fathers first reached them, and it always hails with pleasing rapture the Eunny banner of Science to wave beside the streaming folds of her blood-red ensign. If it be a correct sentiment, 'Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined," and if we wish the places of our eld patriotic statesmen filled as they filled them, let us bend the youthful minds in that way, by giving all, as we can, a liberal education. Time was when the personal advantages of a liberal education were confined to professional characters. It is not so now. A diffusion of even scientific knowledge, is, in the United States, now nearly as extensive as the air we Lreathe, or the water that runs down our rivers. Scarcely any, if they would use the means put in their power, but what might bask in the sunbeams of "fair science," and rise like a giant of the forest above the surrounding shrubbery. It is the birth-right of every citizen of the United States to aspire to the highest honors and to the highest trusts which twelve millions of free and enlightened people can bestow. And we feel thankful that the time has arrived, when it is equally his birth-right to enjoy, in early life, the means by which he may be fitted for filling with dignity every one of these important and honorable departments. So that the youth of these United States have inducements to inspire to intellectual improvement which are presented to the

youth of no other country under the sun. We de sire our nation to be strong and powerful: knowledge is power: this motto ought to be written, in the most prominent place in every family: therefore, let us diffuse knowledge through the land, and our desire will be giatified, and our nation ruled with men cf knowledge. It need not be called enthusiasm in us to say, that some of these flaxen-headed urchins that sit before us to-day, who are students of "Decatur County Seminary," under the care of its present very able Principal, may one day be found in the senate of the councils cf the nation; and the little e3re of intellectual expression, now attentively gazing on the speaker, may one day hold in its eager vision the suffrages of millions and the consulate of a nation of freemen. If our governors, senators, and representatives are one day to be chosen from among these youths, ought we not to encourage them, for the honor and glory of our country, for the honor of their parents, and for the honor of themselves, to qualify themselves for filling those offices, by obtaining a liberal education! My young friends, though the Seminary you attend is yet in its infancy, yet I am happy to inform you that you asthe students, by giving heed to the wise directions your well qualified Principal, have alread' gained for it a character in the public mind, which is an honor to the teacher, and an honor to the students; and if this institution continues to prosper as it has done, it will soon be looked upon as a preparatory department to colleges in our state or those adjoining. According to what we have seen and heard at our exhibitions, the report we have from your parents, and the statements made by your teacher, we are authorized to say your progress in learning has never had a parallel in this part of the country. This being the case, we fortdly look forward to the day when our country wilhbe peopled witj gentlemen and ladies of intelligence, and their minds adorned with a literary polish. To the young-ladies let me say, while some of the empty headed and the vain are expecting all their accomplishments in external trappings and what they may learn at the dancing- school, or such places of vanity, do you be wise and choose the better part, even the literary school to gain accomplishments of mind adorning of our intellects with liberal education, that you may be a comfort to yourselves and a blessing to society. Then, when beauty fades and youth is gone, your charms and accomplishments will remain; and shine still brighter. Next to the religion of Jesus Christ, to make a man happy in this world, let him be blessed with a well informed, sweet tempered, and beautiful female for his companion; truly such an one would be "the partner of his joys, and the sharer of his cares." No place does learning shine to more advantage than among the females. To be sure, old Paul has said the woman is the "weaker vessel;" yet we are certain this relates to the body and not to the mind, for we believe there are many of the females, if they had the same advantages the males have, would shine many of them into a shade; and we are glad the time is passing away in which it was thought unnecessary for a female to know any thing more than how to read and write. Female education is necessary and important. Believing that we have said sufficient to encourage you all, male and female, to be persevering and studious, and obedient to your teacher, that you may all get an education, let me s;y to your parents and the patrons of the Decatur County Seminary, that we believe your Trustees have been happy in selecting the Principal; and all that is wanting for the future prosperity of the school is, to continue to patronize it by sending their children, and thus give the teacher a liberal support. It is with pleasing emotions that we not only behold the prosperous state of our Seminary, and the love of literature increasing in this section of the countrv. but also to behold the onward march of literature through our beloved country, and "stareyed science" offering herself as a companion to every son and daughter of Columbia. From the fact that education adds to our national glory and national prosperity, as well as that it is calculated to guard cur spacious temples of freedom, and aids in the support of the republic, it is a sufficient reason whv this day should be celebrated in a literary way. connected with institutions of learning; so that our youth may be induced to pursue the course which will lead them to where they may Etand as defenders of our country's rights. From what has been said, wc may tairly inter that America is destined, at no distant period, to take a more elevated and important stand in con trolling the distinies of the nations of the earth. It has lonr been a favorite maxim with me, that "On to the westward the star of empire goes." So that America shall never blush for the neglect of the Jrest in mighty achievements for the nation's glory. If our country is but true to herself, she cannot retrogade. She must prosper, gathering strength as she advances. The Almighty seems to have determined in her favor. She is supported by pillars of ctronfTth mid beauty, that suffer no decay, and bid defiance to the hand of the oppressor and the tooth of time. Already has her voice broken in thunder across the Atlantic! The fast-anchored isle has felt the potent spell of her giant power, and yielding to necessity, she has at length emancipated a gallant and generous people, who had groaned for many centuries under a galling and ignominious thraldom. In this long deferred act of common justice, we ecc some of the fruits of her noble example, and the beginning of that deference which will one day be paid more promptly and openly to these United States throughout the world Her voice is swelling into a louder note in other lands,

and wherever the star-gemmed banner sweeps the freeair of heaven, there willher influence be felt, and the fame of her doing create a flame and arouse a spirit which rivers cannot quench nor armed multitudes subdue. The beacon of freedom to both Hemispheres, its light will soon blaze on every island, sea and mountain on the globe, until millions, guided by the mellow radiance of our stars and stripes, and the eagle that flutters over the simple tree of liberty, shall proclaim universal emancipation from chains and slavery, and man assumes his legitimate place in the great scale of being, that is, in the spacious temple of freedom. With what pleasure and delight do we stand here to-day, parents and children, the teacher and his pupils, on this eminence of moral sublimity, and point to the banner that is spagled with stars and stripes, waved by the gentle breezes of heaven over the summit of our own proud Capital, while peace, and plenty, and liberty reign throughout the land! This audience is ready to join the speaker in praying with the patriot poet, and say, long-, long, "May the star-spangled banner continue to wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Our poet could not have found in all the rainbow regions of fancy, a more glorious picture than the one drawn by Robert Treat Paine, which represents Washington as standing at the portals of our national temple, catching on the point of his sword the lightnings of faction and guiding them harmlessly into the deep. If this continues to be the case with all who stand at the portals of our national temple, the time is not far distant when three banners in the union shall be unfurled and stream over all the world, viz: the sunny banner of Socience, the starry banner of Freedom, and the bloodred banner of the Cross. Then a more heavenly song than the hoarse trumpets breathe, or the deepmouthed cannon utters, shall roll its harmonies through the vocal creation, swelling its solemn sweetness to every ear "peace on uaktii, good WILL TO MAN."

We have not received returns from the different counties in this district, but we infer from the tenor of the verbal information that has reached us that Mr. Graves' majority over Mr. Pope is 4G0 or 470 votes. Lecompte held on, as he protested he would, and received about 000 votes in the district. He has played the part of "the dog in the manger," in a style that will be recollected. The increased vote of Mr. Pope, particularly, in this city, is alike complimentary to him and gratifying to the democratic parly. It demonstrates that correct principles will again predominate here that the people, when they become fully sensible of the extent to which they have been misled, by the devices and fallacies of the opposition, will again rally in support of their dearest rights. Louisville Public Adv. Extraordinary Phenomenon. We have recived a description, fiom one who has returned from seeing the effects of a most extraordinary Phenomenon which took place in the township cf M'Nab, by some unaccountable effort of nature. The letter is dated some weeks ago, and h:s only reached us. The cause of delay we do not know. "There has been about eight acres of land suddenly removed from ils priotine position, and thrown almost into a compact body into a large hay of the Madawska river, most of the trees standing in their natural position, and now forming an island, tho distance which it was removed being about half a mile. The breach or chasm from which it was thus violently removed, is about one hundred and fifty feet deep, quite perpendicular and represents a semicircle, the shock was altogether local, but so powerful as to cause the fish to be thrown out of the river, high upon the bank. It was not occasioned by the action of water, the soil being perfectly dry, and no appearance of moisture of any kind; neither was there any earth quake. But on coming within twenty yards of the lower extremity of the chasm, n strong sulphuric flavor proceeded from it, but it is not so palpable on getting a few yards within the breach; this has been remarked by several people. Considerable damage was done to the timber that was lying in the bay. Ptitsbhrgh Sat. L.ve. I isitor. From the Nashville (Tcnn.) Banner July 1.) Interesting Trial. During the session of the Circuit Court for Davidson county, which adjourned a few days since a case was tried of more than usual interest to the public. It was that of Meeks against Philips, for the value of a slave who had been killed by Philips, whilst in the employment of Meeks as his overseer. The following abstract of the evidence was furnished us by a disinterested member of the bar who was not engaged as counsel on either side of the cause. "It appeared in evidence, that the negro had disobeyed Philips' order, in going away one night without his permission, for which, in accordance with his duty, he undertook to chastise him. The boy proved somewhat refractory, and probably offered resistance, though there was no direct evidence of the fact. From Philips' admissions, which must be taken for as well as against him, it seems he had a scuffle with the boy, during which lie inflicted a blow upon him, which produced great pain. 'Philips, with assistance, finally subdued and tied him. While endeavouring to swing him to the limb of a tree, he resisted by pulling back whereupon Philips, who is a hrge and strong man, gave him several severe blows upon his head with the butt of a loaded horse whip. Having tied him to the limb it gave way, and the boy fell to the ground, when Philips gave him several violent kicks in the side, and again swung him to the tree, called for a cowhide, which was accordingly brought, and the chas tisement was commenced anew. The sufTerinL' wretch implored for mercy in vain. Philips would whip him awhile and then rest, only to renew his strokes and wreak his vengeance, for he repeatedly avowed his intention; of whipping him to death, saying he had as good a negro to put in his room, or pay his master for the loss of him. The sufferer writhing under the stinging tortures of the lash, continued to implore for mercy, while those who were present interposed and plead too in his behalf, but there was no relenting arm, until life was nearly extinct, and feeling had taken its departure. He was cut loose, bleeding and weak, overcome with extreme exhaustion and died in a few minutes after. It was not the contest between the parties for the value of the slave, which gave to this cause the interest which induces us to call the public attention to it. No man, who witnessed the trial cared, whether Mr. Meeks or Mr. Philips should

have a few hundred dollars more or less; but every one present had his feelings of humanity outraged to hear detailed the shocking barbarities inflicted by a man of a coarse and brutal disposition, when hi3 passions were once aroused by a small delinquency on the part of an ignorant, helpless, unprotected, fellow creature. Slaves in this country are very inadequalely protected by law. The force of public opinion is the principal check upon the passion and tyranny of the whites towards them ; for, although our laws make their wanton destruction illegal, yet, as these laws must be executed by white men, in the capacity of judges and jurors, and as no black C3n give evidence against a white man, they are legally, a poor, helpless and unprotected class of people and when we consider them in a moral point of view, as without the education, without the stimulous of public opinion, without the incentive of character, pride or ambition, without any important interest in the result of their own labor and exertions, we shall be brought to the conclusion that it is strange they are no worse, q nd that they are entitled to the utmost forbearance and compassion from their owners, and to all the protection from oppression :nd outrage which humane and enlightened public opinion can give them. In the case referred to, the j ury, of course found for the plaintiff; and Mr. Philips has cause to congratulate himself that he escaped with the payment of a small sum of money, instead of being arraigned us a criminal at the bar of his country. The following most curious case was heard in the Dublin Court of Exchequer on Monday last. A council moved that a man, named Hearly, should be discharged from the Four Courts' Marshalsea prison. lie mnde the application on lha part of the Marshal. It appeared that John Hearly had

been committed on the Ulh June, 1830, on a habeas corpus from the sheriff's prison, having been arrested on a writ for 24; that inquiry had been made but no such person as the plaintiff could be found. On reference to Mr. Emerson, whose name was aflixcd as attorney to the writ it was found to be a forgery of the process, and lo proceed from the contrivance of the defendant himself who had thus managed to procure his lodging for five years (laughter, in which the bench joined) and his loaf and quart of milk per diem (immense laughter) as a proper prisoner. The bench ordered that the prisoner should be discharged.: Globe. The ague in Egypt. We have accounts from Alexandria to the 28th of March, at which time the Plague was still raging in that city with unabated violence. The deaths were on an average, 200 daily. Several European and many Greek horses were infected. Most of the foreign vessels in the harbor had the pestilence on board; several had been obliged to re-land their cargoes after losing part of their crew. The disorder had been very fatal to the crews of an Egyptian ship of the line and a frigate which were in the roads. The disorder at Cario was still more destructive than at Alexandria. There it was thought not to have yet reached its height, and yet the deaths were from three to four hundred diily. But it was at Fue, a town containing about 25,000 to 30,000 inhabitants, and situate on the banks of the Nile, directly opposite to the canal of Mahmedie, that the visitation of this dreadful scourge had been most fatal. It is slated that in that place, out of 19,000 persons attacked, scarcely five hundred survived; so that by the sweeping extermination of the great bulk of the population, and the flight of the remnant, the town was wholly depopulated. It is added that all the villages on both banks of the Nile suffer severely and that the disease gradually reaches those parts of Ejiypt which had hitherto been spared. All the Foreign Consuls had left Cario and Alpxandria. A report prevailed at Leghorn that Mahomnt Ali was again ill, and had been given over by his physicians. It has been said he had fallen a victim to the pestilence, but the report did not rest upon any authority. Battle cf the Doctors; A friend writes to us from Cincinnati, under date of the 17th inst.: "There are rumors of wars here, but no wars. Sundry physicians and students of physic feel belligerent, but are not fonu of playing with edge-tools. Challenges have passed, but the parlies Have consented to be bound over to keep the peace. Others, it is said are to be sent, but not yet." We hope, that, if our friends the doctors must fight, they will load their pistols with nothing worse than thoir own pills, and take aim at each others' mouths. They will soon get sick of that business. Are they not afraid, that while they are engaged in unprofitable wrangles, their patients will all get well? Louisville Journal. Col. Richard M. Johnson has been accused of favoring the besotted Atheism of Abncr Kneeland in several journals. The mistake appears to have been an innocent one, but a clear mistake nevertheless. One R. M. Johnson (but not the Colonel) wrote a letter to Mr. Kneeland, some time since, expressing the most unqualified approbation of his Investigator and its iheology; and we believe Abner was quite willing to have it understood that it was the distinguished Kentuckian who had endorsed his sentiments. Col. Johnson also received a smart rap over the knuckles lately on account of the horse-racing ot Ym. JC. jonnson oi Virginia quite a different man and, it so happens, apolitical opponent. There is no reason why the Colonel should bear the sins of all the Johnsons, if ho 13 a candidate for the Vice Presidency. New YorJecr. A certain rich physician was lately complaining in a coffee house, that he had three fine daughters, ir whom he should oivc ten thousand dollars each. m v w w - , and yet that he could find nobody to marry them. With your lave oocior saiu an irisnman wno was present, stepping up and making a very respectful bow, m take two of them .'" An eastern whig paper says: "In Daniel Webster we have a type of our principles, of whom we have just cause to be proud at once their offspring and their defender" This is very candid, and we may add, very true. It is tho Old Federal Party, never deserted by Daniel Webster, that is now degrading the name of Whig.1 In Webster they find a type and defender of thetr principles this is acknowledged and understood by the people. Lou. Adv.

From the Ohio Farmer.

The Growth of Wool. In a number of tho Farmer and Mechanic published at Cincinnati, an initial correspondent made some ramarks upon rny communication upon the growth of wool in Illinois. He appears to have taken up the notion that I sujjl pose that the growth of wool superceded every other rural occupation. It is not so. If every individual would record the facts that com under his own observation in the particular branch of agriculture that he is pursuing; a general fund of valuable information would be available. And if opinions deduced from facts are mado public in other minds they may be matured into noble and beneficial enterprizes. I am therefore for every man recording his facts and offering his opinions, whether it be in rearing a plant, a flower, an anima , or in constructing a machine. In compliance with this rule I now state the facts of the sale of my wool this year in the Louisville market at 62 cts per lb. and that the average price per fleeco was $1 50. Had this wool been in Boston market, it would have made 25 per cent. more. My ram fleeces averaged $2 624 each, wethers 1 87 each. There being a number of old ewes in the flock with light fleeces reduced the average the of whole flock to 1. 50 per fleece. A working farmer in Illinois can raise enough of food with his own hands for 500 sheep, if his children are old enough to tend them in the prairie, he does all the work within himself. If his flock be of a good breed he will receive 750 for his wool besides the value of the increase. Carl beef and pork farmers do this? Another important fact relativo to my flock is, that my fine vvooled sheep have the greatest aptitude to fatten, and that I can keep. 3 fine vvooled sheep whose fleeces are worth $1 50 each,?wherc I can keep two common course vvooled sheep whose fleeces are worth only one dollar each. It was not 25 years ago when I first had Merinos from Spain. But attention to that point for a number ot years has changed the fatting quality from bad to good. If these facts are worth publishing please insert them. I ought lo tender my ihanks'lo the Editor of the "Farmer &, Mechanic' for his polite attention in forwarding me several numbers of his interesting paper. 1 really tuke so many papers that I can hardly afford another I am tealiy afraid that he will coax mo into taking his at last. GEORGE FLOWER. Tun Tomato. Dr. Bennet, the Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children, Hygeine and Acclimatement, in the Medical College of Lake Erie, which is the Medical Department of the Willoughby University of Lake Erie, at Chagrin, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in his introductory lecture recently delivered in that flourishing institution, made the following statement relative lo the Solanum Lysopersicvm, or cs it is generally called, Tomato, LoVO Apple, Jerusalem Apple, etc. to wit: 1st. That it (the tomato) is one of the most powerful dcobsfruments of the Materia Medica, and that in all those affections of the liver, and other organs, where Calomel is indicated, it is probably the most effective, and least harmful, remedial agent known to the profession. 2d. That a chemical extract will probably soon be obtained from it which will altogether supersede the use of Calomel in the cure of diseases. I3d. That he has successfully treated serious diarrhoea with this article alone. 4th. That when used a3 an article of diet it is almost a sovereign remedy for dyspepsia, or indigestion. 5th. That persons removing from tho East, or North, to the West or South, should by all means make use of it as an aliment, as it would, in that event, save them from the danger attendant upon those violent bilious attacks to which almost all unacclimantcd persons are liable. 0th. That the citizens in general should make use of it, either raw, cooked, or in form of a catsup, with their daily food, as it is the most healthy article of the Materia Alimentaria, &c. &,c. Now if ihese positions be true, it is of the utmost importance that the public should be mado acquainted with the facts, and it is with this view that I now make this communication for the press MEDICUS. N. B. Dr. Bennet stated, likewise, that the free use of the Tomato would make a person much less liable to an attack of Cholera, and that it would in the majority of the cases prevent it. German Geese. A Rhode Island paper states that the last Judge Sissioni of that state, imported a ihrirt limp. c fnrr hia death frnm ficrmsnr m breed of Geese, of the purest white beautiful as Swans, which weigh when fat from 18 to 22 pounds; that their flesh is of exquisite color and flavor; feathers abundant and of the first quality, and that they are perfectly quiet in their disposition. Though we confess we never had much penchant for geese, and that our days for gormandizing are now numbered with the things that have been, wo are almost vain enough to think, if we could, by any possible effort of our ingenuity, get one of them on our table during winter, that we could discuts it most excellently well. Farmer and Catdtner. From the Harrisburgh Chronicle. The Crops. The crops of wheat east of the mountains, in Pennsylvania, have been equal to any ever before gathered, and the weather for harvesting has been generally favorable. The same may be said of rye Oats excel in promise any former year, and so with corn, that escaped the cut worm. Of potatoes, an unusual quantity has been planted, and. they look remarkably fine. On the whole, the fruits of the earth are abundant the present Beason, and in our opinion the demand occasioned by the number of hands taken from the labors of the field to work upon the numerous Rail Roads and Canals, will insure the agriculturalist an adequate price for his surplus productions. A citizen was saying m company that he had never seen an ear of Rye in his life. A lady then present whoso name was Miss Rye, said (ai mo same time showing him one of her ears,) here sir is an ear of Rye which if you please you may behold. The gentleman immediately cought hold of her car, and gave her a pinch, no madam laid he, you have a (wry) face.